"Chicago Tribune" Reader

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Errant call sends out SWAT team

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST

Worried wife calls police after she thinks her husband is being held hostage

An unfortunately positioned cell phone, hip-hop lyrics and a garbled call to a worried wife who feared a hostage situation caused SWAT teams to swarm the Winnetka school where her husband works.

Study finds overuse of implanted defibrillators

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST

Heart patients who receive one when guidelines don't recommend it face a higher risk of death and have more complications, researchers say.

More than 1 in 5 patients who receive an implantable defibrillator to prevent sudden death fall outside guidelines for the use of such devices and have about three times the risk of dying while hospitalized for the procedure as those who receive it within the guidelines, researchers said Tuesday.

Taste may be same, just costlier

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST

Phil Vettel: If the Taste of Chicago and the cash-strapped city's other lakefront festivals become privatized, their egalitarian nature might be permanently, irretrievably transformed. A group bidding for Taste would add a $20 admission fee, $10 of which would go toward food coupons.

Gerry Rafferty, singer of 'Stuck in the Middle With You,' dies

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:12 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Gerry Rafferty's agent says the Scottish singer behind hit songs "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You" has died. He was 63.

Editing Twain: New editions replace offensive word

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:19 PM PST

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Mark Twain wrote that "the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." A new edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" will try to find out if that holds true by replacing the N-word with "slave" in an effort not to offend readers.

Judge: Emanuel should stay on mayor ballot

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:51 PM PST

Lawyers for objectors plan to appeal

A Cook County judge today ruled that Rahm Emanuel should stay on the Chicago mayoral ballot. Despite Judge Mark J. Ballard's ruling, objectors have indicated they plan to appeal the decision to the appellate court and Illinois Supreme Court.

Reports: Rodriguez out as Michigan football coach

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Quit smoking or move: Building to test new policy

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:41 PM PST

Son of Harvey cop charged with stealing city SUV

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:56 PM PST

1 dead, 1 hurt in Uptown shooting

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:19 PM PST

Mega Millions jackpot hits $355M

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:11 PM PST

Huck Finn Gets Some Changes (The Newsroom)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:34 PM PST

The Newsroom - Acclaimed by critics, scholars, and -- of course -- readers, Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is one of the great American novels. The book has been reprinted countless times, adapted into movies, and translated into just about every …

Quinn, leaders try to map out income-tax increase

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:30 PM PST

Milwaukee archdiocese to file for bankruptcy

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:15 PM PST

Milwaukee archdiocese files for bankruptcy

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:45 PM PST

The Milwaukee Archdiocese said Tuesday it had directed its attorneys to file for bankruptcy protection because pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it with debts it can't pay.

New trial for man charged with killing boxer

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:18 PM PST

Lone bid for Taste of Chicago charges admission

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:57 AM PST

Proposed fee charged for free event

The City of Chicago is interested in privatizing the Taste of Chicago and six other lakefront festivals.

Report: CPS spending was 'gratuitous'

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:42 PM PST

An independent investigation into spending by Chicago Public Schools' board presidents has uncovered more than $800,000 in questionable expenses, including thousands spent at lavish restaurants and hotels.

Judge: Emanuel should stay on ballot

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:26 PM PST

A Cook County judge today ruled that Rahm Emanuel should stay on the Chicago mayoral ballot. Despite Judge Mark J. Ballard's ruling, objectors have indicated they plan to appeal the decision to the appellate court and Illinois Supreme Court.

Today's Mega Millions drawing now worth $355M

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:04 PM PST

With one of the nation's largest lottery jackpots at stake, officials say the grand prize is now worth an estimated $355 million, up from a previous estimate of $330 million.